I have become a Giants fan thanks to the awesome influence of my bff. But it turns out I’m also pretty invested in my college baseball team’s run at the NCAA Division II College World Series title. They’re now 3-0 in their games, and just fought their way into the championship game, to be played Saturday. They’d never even been to the CWS before, and here they are sailing through. :)
The Space Shuttle Endeavour’s Final Launch seen from a commercial plane window, captured by Stefanie Gordon.
Stunning.
HOW AWESOME IS THIS?!?!?
(via captainspaniard)
Love it.
HAHA
As Chait put it, “Kiss kiss, bang bang.”
Oh, bad juxtaposition. You strike again.
(via motherjones)
this is really interesting
Recently I came upon a fascinating study by Richard Wiseman, a psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire. Wiseman surveyed a number of people and, through a series of questionnaires and interviews, determined which of them considered themselves lucky—or unlucky. He then performed an intriguing experiment: He gave both the “lucky” and the “unlucky” people a newspaper and asked them to look through it and tell him how many photographs were inside. He found that on average the unlucky people took two minutes to count all the photographs, whereas the lucky ones determined the number in a few seconds.
How could the “lucky” people do this? Because they found a message on the second page that read, “Stop counting. There are 43 photographs in this newspaper.” So why didn’t the unlucky people see it? Because they were so intent on counting all the photographs that they missed the message. Wiseman noted,
“Unlucky people miss chance opportunities because they are too focused on looking for something else. They go to parties intent on finding their perfect partner, and so miss opportunities to make good friends. They look through the newspaper determined to find certain job advertisements and, as a result, miss other types of jobs. Lucky people are more relaxed and open, and therefore see what is there, rather than just what they are looking for.”
Neat idea.
(Source: bridgettelizabeth, via gogettergirl)
Jell-o cubes bouncing at 6200 frames per second. Forget everything you thought you knew about gelatin desserts.
(via the always-informative Metafilter)
So cool. And now I want Jell-O.
(Source: youtube.com)
The hubby is on his way to Jacksonville, Fla., for a conference and will be gone till Thursday, so I’m left to entertain myself for a few days. I start back to work full time week after next, so my natural inclination is to be totally lazy while I have the chance.
Sadly, I missed the chocolate festival in town today, but I’m thinking wings for dinner. Bachelorette life, ooooh yeah.
Dear Valerie,
If I have to watch one more goddamn episode of “Gilmore Girls,” I swear to Christ, I am going to leave you. Can we watch something else, please? Anything. Please, GOD, anything but FUCKING Gilmore Girls!
Respectfully,
Valerie’s Eyeballs
Dear Valerie,
I thought about hooking up with you over spring break. Honestly, I did. However, after much internal deliberation, as well as discussion with my closest of associates, I realized that I have better options. I can do much, much better for myself.
Respectfully,
A man who bangs farm animals
This started as an in-joke at the school paper, but I can see it having a viable life on the Internet.
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Dear Valerie,
Chill out.
Respectfully,
Charlie Sheen
